srowen commented on a change in pull request #25561: [SPARK-28810][DOC][SQL] Document SHOW TABLES in SQL Reference. URL: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/25561#discussion_r332978571
########## File path: docs/sql-ref-syntax-aux-show-tables.md ########## @@ -38,10 +38,13 @@ SHOW TABLES [{FROM|IN} database_name] [LIKE 'regex_pattern'] </dd> <dt><code><em>LIKE 'regex_pattern'</em></code></dt> <dd> - Specifies the regex pattern that is used to filter out unwanted tables. - <br> - The pattern is a regex except `*` and `|`characters - <br> - `*` matches 0 or more characters and `|` used to provide more than one regex with OR condition - <br> - The leading and trailing blanks are trimmed in the input pattern before processing. + Specifies the regular expression pattern that is used to filter out unwanted tables. + <ul> + <li> Except `*` and `|` characters remaining characters will follow the regular expression convention.</li> Review comment: "Except for `*` and `|`, the pattern works like a regex" ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org With regards, Apache Git Services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: reviews-unsubscr...@spark.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: reviews-h...@spark.apache.org